St Jerome and the Angel
by RIBERA, Jusepe de, Etching, 318 x 238 mm
In the 1620s Ribera began to experiment with etching, he soon mastered. For Ribera, this medium was a sideline that did not long hold his interest; all but one of his eighteen prints were created between 1620 and 1630, in the hope of attracting new patrons.